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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58697-2004Mar14.html
Al-Qaeda Implicated in Madrid Bombings
(Washington Post) Investigators believe the train bombings that killed 200 people in Madrid last week were the work of a multinational cell of al-Qaeda loyalists, some of whom entered Spain specifically to carry out the attacks, marking the first time the group has struck in Europe. Security services across the continent are now scrambling to assess the likelihood of further attacks. Officials said they believed the group that carried out the bombing was composed of Islamic radicals, possibly including Saudi nationals, as well as other North Africans besides three arrested Moroccans, and two Indians, linked to a cell phone in a gym bag filled with undetonated explosives. "If someone can walk on a train in Madrid and kill this many people, then what's to stop them doing the same thing in London or Rome?" asked Mustafa Alani, a terrorism analyst at the Royal United Services Institute in London.